Videogames are great but did you know there’s a whole genre of games where outcomes are determined by dice rolls? Us neither! So with the help of Eurogamer’s resident tabletop game expert Johnny Chiodini, we learn more about the rich, imagination-fuelled world of Dungeons & Dragons, setting out on an adventure, that involves a clumsy pirate, a talking chicken and, somehow, The Vengabus
The ragtag group of OX adventurers continue their search for the elusive M. Channail, starting with a stealth infiltration of a mysterious crypt. Do Prudence, Dob, Merilwen and Corazón (aka, Jane, Luke, Ellen and Andy) have the wit, wisdom and wherewithal to keep the quest on track? I mean sure, why not.
The OX adventure continues as Prudence, Dob, Merilwen and Corazón (aka, Jane, Luke, Ellen and Andy) finally confront M. Channail, the source of the mysterious elixir that has been turning people into animals. Will they find a way to turn Ratboy back into a real boy? And will Luke even let them, now that he's grown so attached to him?
After a hike back from their spicy first caper, our ostensible heroes regroup at a friendly tavern.
Having tricked Corazón's old pirate crew with a cunning disguise, the gang attempt to spring a deadly trap. What peril awaits in Boathouse Five?
The party's woodland escapades continue! Will Egbert's fire breath take out the goblins? Will Merilwen ever stop being a tiny wildcat? And will they find who is behind all this destruction so they can destroy them and finish their (now rather soggy) picnic?!
Our brave-ish heroes are recruited to raid a crypt full of maybe fabulous treasure and definitely terrible danger. Join them at The Bellowing Walrus tavern as the next Oxventure begins.
The Oxventure heroes clash with a strange, shushy cult. What is their deal? Why are they stealing things? How did this grease get everywhere?
What will the Oxventure crew discover under the sea? Can Corazon hold his breath for 45 minutes, as he claims? Is life truly better down where it’s wetter? Only this finale of A Fishmas Carol has the answers.
When the wizard Binbag spirits our braveish heroes to a bewitched forest, they find all critters great and small are frothing at the mouth and hungry for a fight. Watch Corazón, Merilwen, Dob, Egbert and Prudence attempt to set things right in this explosive Oxventure, recorded live at PAX East in Boston.
When the search for a stolen gem takes the Oxventurers to a fancy high society ball, some of the gang (Prudence) take to it better than others (Egbert). Will our heroes solve the mystery of the missing emerald? Find out in Heist Society, recorded live at EGX Rezzed in London.
Our brave-ish heroes come across a ramshackle town that could really use a fixer-upper -- is there something in that magically sealed crypt that might help? Find out in Stop Hammer Time, recorded live at EGX Rezzed in London.
A pit stop at a quiet tavern turns sinister when the Oxventure heroes are tricked and taken captive in a magic-proof prison. Rude. What will they do without magic? Who is behind the nefarious spell-sucking scheme? How many organs is Egbert missing? Find out in Spell Check, an Oxventure episode recorded live at MCM London.
The Oxventure crew levels up for an impending D&D campaign, with three weekly episodes beginning on Outside Xtra from 14 August 2019. Who will roll high? Who will learn terrifying new spells? Who will maintain their wisdom ability score of -1 for some reason? See for yourselves and subscribe for new Oxventure episodes in the weeks to come.
Egbert the Dragonborn paladin gets a cryptic message from a bovine deity -- one that sends our brave-ish heroes off on another chaotic adventure...
Egbert the Careless pursues his atonement in the citadel of Mistmire, aided and abetted by Corazon, Prudence, Merilwen and Dob. In episode two, Egbert's angry ex-boss rocks up with a squad of paladin pals. Can they be persuaded of the danger to their mystic order? Or are they going to be jerks about it.
Egbert the Careless and the Oxventure gang are ready and waiting for a roguish fight, as they try to save the paladins from apoisoning in the citadel of Mistmire! Will they protect the well? Or is there more to Jacques Darkfall's story?
The Oxventure crew embarks on a hard-partying cruise, aboard Corazon's ship the Joyful Damnation with a horde of suspicious revellers. What's their deal? Find out in Ship Happens, an Oxventure episode recorded live at EGX
The Oxventurers stumble across a foreboding mansion, one that holds the promise of great fortune -- if they can survive one seemingly-simple task. What's up with that? Find out in Mind Your Manors, an Oxventure episode recorded live at EGX
The Oxventurers head deep underground to fight a mysterious evil at the behest of a severed head, which isn't even the weirdest thing that happens to them that day. See for yourself in Rolling in the Deep, an Oxventure D&D episode recorded live at MCM Comic Con Birmingham
An old wizard frenemy dispatches Team Oxventure to a remote, icy mountain in search of a Great Evil. Can Corazon, Dob, Egbert, Merilwen and Prudence scale the mountain and restore the precious balance of nature without freezing their bits off? Let's hope so
An encounter with a whale brings the Oxventure heroes face to face with Panniers, former crewmate of Corazón and current undead pirate. Can Corazón, Dob, Egbert, Merilwen and Prudence reach the mysterious Treasury and break the curse on Corazón's old crew?
The Oxventurers are welcomed to a curious party. They set to work casing the joint and eating the canapés, but what's the deal with their suave host and his mysterious museum? Can Corazón, Dob, Egbert, Merilwen and Prudence track down the cursed coin?
The Oxventurers are in trouble. Trapped and faced with a deadly countdown, will our thieving heroes pull together or panic? Will they seize the final cursed coin or be dissolved in acid? Meanwhile, Egbert has a lovely time drinking brandy with the host of the party. We're pleased to present this final episode of Exhibition Impossible
We play Dungeons & Dragons in Faire Trial, Oxventure's first ever live stream! Dragonborn paladin Egbert the Careless is put to the test when his careless ways catch up with him. Join Corazon, Dob, Egbert, Merilwen and Prudence for guaranteed chaos, streamed from appropriate social distances and orchestrated by Dungeon Master Johnny Chiodini of Dicebreaker. Stay home, get comfy and subscribe for more Oxventure!
Streamed fresh onto the internet, here's a Dungeon & Dragons session in which Oxventure's braveish heroes stumble into a dank cavern run by cliquey cultists. What's their game? Only Dungeon Master Johnny Chiodini knows.
Behold a Dungeons & Dragons session in which the wandering Oxventure crew discover a grain-farming village being shaken down by bandits. Will these heroes' efforts help the beleaguered folk of Little Avery or just make a big burning mess? Only time and Dungeon Master Johnny Chiodini will tell.
It should have been a simple errand to the post office. Then the heroic instincts of (some of) Team Oxventure land them in a deadly trap. Who are these hunters? What do they want? Is it to hunt? It's probably to hunt.
It's time for our D&D characters to level up! With a levelling long overdue, the Oxventure 'heroes' are ready to gain two levels each, hurdling from level 5 to level 7. Come watch us roll for new stats and shop for new spells, with the levelling process sagely overseen by Dungeon Master Johnny Chiodini of Dicebreaker fame
Behold a Dungeon & Dragons session in which Oxventure's newly levelled heroes follow Merilwen the wood elf druid into the forest for an important rite of passage. Johnny Chiodini is the Dungeon Master who let us have all these new spells and abilities and now must deal with the consequences.
A Dungeon & Dragons session in which some familiar skeletal faces turn up to settle a debt with Team Oxventure.
he Oxventure picks up where the last Dungeons & Dragons session (Bone to Pick) left off: sixty skeletons and a band of pre-skeletons by the names of Corazon, Dob, Merilwen, Prudence and Egbert return to a familiar town to ritually renew a magical artefact.
The Oxventure picks up where it left off in recent episode Bone 2 Pick, with the portal-powered kidnap of party paladin Egbert the Careless. What next for Corazon, Dob, Merilwen and Prudence?
The braveish Oxventure heroes find themselves ripped from the realm of Dungeons & Dragons, transmogrified and teleported into the sci-fi setting of RPG Lasers & Feelings.
The braveish Oxventure heroes find themselves ripped from the realm of Dungeons & Dragons, transmogrified and teleported into the sci-fi setting of RPG Lasers & Feelings.
A special Oxventure stream in which Luke 'Dob' Westaway tries being Dungeon Master for the very first time and Johnny 'Literally Everyone Else in the World' Chiodini gets to play for once.
Having recovered the unconscious Egbert from clutches of their powerful nemesis cloning enthusiast Liliana, the Oxventurers Guild regroups.
A high-speed D&D special from games mega event PAX Online x EGX Digital! Fully reunited at last, the Oxventure party sets forth through the forest and is immediately accosted by a strange old man with a time-sensitive quest.
A special Oxventure D&D stream from D&D Celebration 2020! The Oxventurers Guild gets stranded in a blizzard. Watch on for Icewind Dale, kidnapped kobolds and an innovative new concept in marshmallow eating. With thanks to Wizards of the Coast for inviting us to be part of D&D Celebration and dungeon master Johnny Chiodini
A perfectly pleasant town needs saving from a sheep-stealing cave troll. What could be simpler? The braveish heroes of the Oxventurers Guild gather their party and venture forth
The Oxventure heroes once again find themselves ripped from the realm of Dungeons & Dragons, transmogrified and teleported into the sci-fi setting of RPG Lasers & Feelings for another spacey adventure.
Happy Halloween! The braveish heroes of The Oxventurers Guild are called back to Necropolis-on-Sea to find a buyer for their deeply haunted oceanfront property.
Happy Hallowstream! The braveish heroes of The Oxventurers Guild continue the struggle to sell their deeply haunted oceanfront property. Expect spooky scares and surprises from the twisted imagination of dungeon master Johnny Chiodini
When Dob and Corazón fall afoul of an organised crime syndicate, can the rest of the Oxventurers make sure they have their day in court? The braveish heroes of the Oxventurers Guild gather their party and venture forth under the watchful eye of dungeon master Johnny Chiodini
When the Oxventurers stumble across a town with a newly crowned cruel boy king, things take a turn for the chaotic as they try to abolish the monarchy and eat as many hotdogs as possible.
When the Oxventurers receive a note asking them to return to the town of Inkwater, home of the infamous meatgrinder incident, it kicks off a festive adventure that takes a turn for the deadly thanks to a mysterious and elusive foe.
When the Oxventurers receive a note asking them to return to the town of Inkwater, home of the infamous meatgrinder incident, it kicks off a festive adventure that takes a turn for the deadly thanks to a mysterious and elusive foe
The ever-roaming Oxventurers reunite with an old friend, who sets them back on the path to lifting Corazon's pirate curse. Remember that?
A spookily abandoned ship presents the Oxventure crew with a gruesome mystery. Where did everybody go? What's with all the blood? Can we have their stuff?
A spookily abandoned ship presents the Oxventure crew with a gruesome mystery. Where did everybody go? What's with all the blood? Can we have their stuff? Please enjoy part two of Brine and Punishment!
Team Oxventure gets into a bar brawl over a nacho shortage. Will the Oxventurers come to the aid of a town plagued by hog-riding jerks? Let's find out.
Prudence reveals an explosive secret to the Oxventure crew.
Team Oxventure adopts an enthusiastic rookie for a classic dungeon crawl. Or is it?
Team Oxventure adopts an enthusiastic rookie for a classic dungeon crawl. Or is it? Join us for part two of Crawl Me Maybe!
A CRASH-COURSE IN OXVENTURE LORE! New viewer? Or a fan who needs a quick recap? Enjoy this nifty rundown of the Oxventurers Guild so you can jump straight into the Orbpocalypse Saga, starting Sunday 23rd May over on Outside Xbox!
Time to level up! With the new season of Oxventure Dungeons & Dragons episodes starting this weekend, the brave-ish heroes of The Oxventurers Guild gather to ascend to level eight and hear about what Dungeon Master Johnny 'Literally Everyone Else in the World' Chiodini has in store for them.
Oxventure returns! Welcome to new Oxventure D&D season The Orbpocalypse Saga, with a fresh episode every week for 100 percent more chaos than ever before. In episode one, the Oxventurers find themelves in a dungeon with a puzzling magic orb. What is it? What does it want? Should it be glowing like that? Let's find out.
In the guise of prison guards and prisoners, the Oxventure heroes ride an airship to the notorious magical island prison of Alcataz in search of one of the missing pieces of their sinister orb. Join us for this week's episode of Oxventure D&D!
Having obtained the first missing shard of their sinister orb, the Oxventurers set out for the second piece, located deep within the dense, foreboding jungle known as the Tangle. Join us for this week's episode of Oxventure D&D and again next Sunday for episode four of The Orbpocalypse Saga!
Deep in the Tangle, the Oxventurers seek an audience with the mysterious and legendary thief queen. Judging by the angry guards now pointing spears at their throats, that is what the queen desires as well. Join us for this week's episode of Oxventure D&D and again next Sunday for episode five of The Orbpocalypse Saga!
Enraged, Dob has taken off in pursuit of the thief queen, leaving Corazon, Egbert, Prudence and Merilwen to face the royal henchmen. What next? This next! Join us for this week's episode of Oxventure D&D and again next Sunday for episode six of The Orbpocalypse Saga.
A strange monastery welcomes both the so-called True Heroes of Geth and the messy tagalongs of the Oxventurers Guild. Which party will fulfil the ancient prophecy and gain the precious shard of orb? There's literally one way to find out!
Following a clue from their missing bard, Corazón, Egbert, Merilwen and Prudence voyage to the Lake District, fishing for the third and final shard that will complete the orb. Will they catch more than they bargained for? Seems probable. What good can come of completing the orb? Unclear. Catch the premiere of this week's episode of Oxventure D&D and join us again next Sunday for episode eight of The Orbpocalypse Saga!
Port Fairwind has been swept up in the party spirit of the demonic trickster Vocatus and the Oxventurers Guild leans on a local pariah for help. Catch the premiere of this week's episode of Oxventure D&D and join us again next Sunday for episode nine of The Orbpocalypse Saga!
For reasons that made sense at the time, the Oxventurers are now in command of an army of sentient chairs, riding into battle against a gang of animated wine cauldrons. Pretty standard stuff, really. Catch the premiere of this week's episode of Oxventure D&D and join us again next Sunday for episode ten of The Orbpocalypse Saga!
Having reunited with Dob and his surprise fiancé, our braveish heroes are now in the unenviable position of having accidentally told their second greatest enemy (the trickster demon Vocatus) about their first greatest enemy (the mighty Egbert-cloning Liliana). This can only end well. Catch the premiere of this week's episode of Oxventure D&D and join us again next Sunday for episode eleven of The Orbpocalypse Saga!
We now present the world's simplest plan, in which The Oxventurers plan two parallel dinners in two parallel dining rooms, to hoodwink trickster god Vocatus with a fake Liliana and powerful sorcerer Liliana with a fake Vocatus, to keep these two nemeses apart and avert disaster. A plan so elegant and cunning in its complexity, it can’t possibly go wrong. You heard me. Catch the premiere of this week's episode of Oxventure D&D and join us again next Sunday for the finale of The Orbpocalypse Saga!
It's all led to this: the Orbpocalypse Saga concludes in a cataclysmic confrontation between the vengeful sorcerer Liliana and the trickster demon Vocatus, with the Oxventurers Guild caught in the middle. Also, Dob's fiancé Katie is there. What, if anything, can survive the destructive stand-off at Necropolis on Sea?
The Oxventurers experience their freakiest adventure yet in this spooky Halloween special recorded live at EGX 2021
The Oxventurers find themselves in a town whose idyllic wholesomeness is maintained by a magic book that makes anything written in it come to pass. But all is not as it seems, and also there's a wizard to deal with, in this Oxventure show recorded live at EGX 2021.
With Dob away on an adventurer exchange program, the Oxventurers and Dob's replacement Aubrey the Tabaxi sorcerer (special guest Harry McEntire, The Last Kingdom) attend a wedding to foil an assassination attempt. Expect intrigue, hedge mazes, and let's face it, probably a ruined wedding in this Oxventure D&D show recorded live at MCM London 2021
A meddling gnome takes the Oxventurers Guild to task over their dodgy financial records, as Luke steps in for his first ever live dungeon mastering experience at fan convention MCM Birmingham.
When the Oxventurers are asked to hunt down a giant pig for a holiday hog roast, it kicks off a festive adventure involving rival adventurers, accidental nudity and an alligator, somehow
he Oxventurers continue their hunt for the giant pig, but get more than they bargain for in this concluding part of the Oxventure holiday special 2021. Happy holidays, however you celebrate, from all in the Oxventurers Guild!
The braveish heroes find themselves at a bard convention. Join us for the first Oxventure D&D session of 2022, streaming live and not pre-recorded on Wednesday 9 March! Also, did you know you can win an Oxventure D&D experience on a private island?
The Oxventure crew plays D&D by drawing from a deck of Magic: The Gathering cards, adding a spicy new randomness courtesy of Magic: The Gathering's new D&D crossover, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. It's part Dungeons & Dragon, part Magic: The Gathering, all chaos.
The Oxventurers Guild requests the pleasure of your company at the marriage of their half-orc bard Dob to thief queen Katie Pearlhead. Dinner and dancing to follow. This Oxventure D&D show was recorded live at MCM London 2022
The Oxventurer's find Bismuth who carries a mysterious gift and a terrible burden for the brave-ish heroes!
Off with their eggs! The Oxventurers travel to Inkwater in search of information and a way to reunite their shell-clad companions with their mother.
The Oxventurers are down a Guild Member and now must face down the deadly General Dreadbert!! What will our brave(ish) heroes do?! Find out in this episode of Oxventure Dungeons and Dragons!
Prudence Returns! The Guild are headed north into parts unknown! Join the Oxventurers as they sail beyond the map and find themselves afoul of some rather nasty magical puns!
They say never meet your heroes... but what about meeting your enemies? It's time for an old fashion Parley at a Neutral Milk Hotel with good ol' Shattershield.
To Mistmire! The Mechanical Marvel city of Paladin Jerks lies ahead of our adventurers. But can they survive the treacherous journey and Corazon's terrible luck?!
The City of Mistmire, homestead of the Dragon D'Or! This Mechanical Marvel City holds secrets ready to be uncovered by our Brave-ish heroes!
The future of a noble paladin order and the answer to Egbert's atonement are both on the line as the Oxventure heroes lobby for change in Mistmire.
A lake. A mountain. A lair? Only by splitting the party do the Oxventurers stand a chance of saving Mistmire from wrack and ruin.
Mistmire is saved! Or so they think. A deadly conspiracy has come to light and now the Oxventurers must scramble to save Mistmire, for real this time, and also find any possible opportunity to perform all of their spells at once.
A Snow Globe?! A Heist?! A Missing Sorcerer!? All this and more in the Oxventure D&D Winter Special! Join us live from MCM Birmingham where The Guild perform live with DM Luke Westaway on this snowy adventure!
The Oxventure crew helps a disillusioned dungeoneer get his groove back. Or do they? Witness this live Oxventure D&D show from MCM London, recorded in October 2022.
When a soon-to-be student knight comes across the Oxventurers Guild they must race against time to help him achieve all of the things he definitely didn't lie about on his application. This Oxventure D&D show was recorded live at games convention EGX in London, October 2022.
Croissants AHOY! But what's this? A missing baker?! A walking village?! The Oxventurers have no choice but to help the village of Saint Crois if they want to get their morning pastries in time. Witness this live show played at EGX in London, October 2022.
D&D Returns! The Guild are on a journey to a mysterious island after receiving an invitation from a gentleman known as Professor Hammerdal. With the professor's assistant and Dob's sister Suzette at the helm, the Oxventurers sail on a paddle boat towards the Visitors Centre.
Rabies is on the loose! All the extinct animals are seemingly resurrected with this disease and only one half-orc bard has the anti-bodies to cure it!
A new arrival to the island is ready to shake things up with a box full of terrifying baby beast. What does one do with a teacup Tarrasque on an island full of endangered species? Find out in this episode of Oxventure.
The Oxventurers Guild and their companion Margery confront a Hag who has taken up residence in the nature reserve and set about eating baby animals.
The Oxventurers Guild must venture into Professor Hammerdal's secure lab, where his experiments are kept hidden from the rest of the park.
Secrets abound at the necromancy-powered animal sanctuary. Can Zone of Truth and a boozy barbecue expose the dark heart of this operation? Only this week's Oxventure Dungeons & Dragons episode knows for sure.
On the road once again, the Oxventurers find themselves approached by Morrighan, a Dwarf in search of a missing actress. Can the Oxventurers save the show and unpick the theatrical conspiracy they have found themselves entangled in?
Onward to the Curse Hole! The Oxventurers finally encounter the dreaded place where Corazon's crew met a horrifying fate many years ago. Can they break the curse and also bring longevity to Hammerdal's nature preserve?!
It's a bad day in the curse hole, as events race their way towards the next week's thrilling conclusion. Everything is on the line as the Oxventurers make their stand against Corazon's dreaded curse.
The finale is here! Trapped within the Curse Hole, the Guild must escape the clutches of the cursed creature hell-bent on capturing the Oxventures and punishing Corazon! Stay tuned to the end of the episode to catch a glimpse of the next Oxventure Presents game!
Cthulhu is displeased with Prudence's lack of attention and now it's time for her to prove her loyalty! Can she fulfil Cthulhu's eldritch demands or will she and the Oxventurers fail spectacularly?
Dungeons & Dragons actual play returns to the channel in a special Halloween session at MCM Comic Con London. Happy Halloween, Oxventure friends!
For all time fans have asked the the same question... who would win in a fight though! And we are finally ready to answer in the Oxventurers Guild Battle Royale!
The Oxventurers Guild RETURNS! The Final Season brings a new threat that is far more powerful and terrifying, forcing The Guild to team up with Liliana to save Geth! But can this unlikely new team work together, or will they implode? Find out more this season!
The mission begins as The Guild encounter their first quest! They must uncover the truth about this long lost elven colony in order to retrieve the crystal that will bring them one step closer to saving Geth!
The Guild must uncover the hidden depths below Mistmire, completing the fiendish challenges that await them, in order to get their hands on the next crystal!
Discover the next episode of The Oxventurers Guild: The Final Season, Eldritch or Die Trying!
The time has come. It's the final episode of The Oxventurers Guild: The Final Season! What will Portal Combat bring for the original Oxventurers: heroic victory or the Extra Long Rest sometimes known as death? In either case, thanks for joining us on this wild ride.